INCEPTIVE

inceptive

Adjective

  1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
  2. Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
    Few languages have an inceptive aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start something".


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